Device for securing extra leaves in books



F. L. WHEELER.

DEVlC'E FOR SECURING EXTRA LEAVES IN BOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1919- 1,333,521. r Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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" EVICE FOR SECURINGEXTRA LEAvEs IN BooKs;

To all whom it may) concern:

hends the provision of a device for securing loose or extra leaves, suchas are ordinarily used by ministers or preachers to contain notes ontheir sermons, in a Bible or bound book. The invention includes a air ofbuttons or clasps which are detachably connected to the ends of the backof the book cover at the center thereof, to which buttons a string orstrand of suitable material is connected, which string or strand isadapted to engage the loose or extra leaves or note sheets and bindtheir intermediate portions to draw the fold or intermediate portion ofthe note sheet tightly between the leaves of the book, therebypermitting the note sheet or auxiliary leaves to be turned as leavesiofthe book and permitting the reading of notes from both sides of theauxiliary or note leaf as well as reading the printed matter from thepages of thebook which are adj-acentto the note sheet.

Other objects of the invention appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specification, and in which drawing Figure 1 is aperspective view of a book showing the improved loose sheet holderattached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a book showing theloose leafholder aplied. p Fig. 3 is a section throughone of the buttons oftheloose leaf holder illustrating its manner of attachment to the back ofthe book cover.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A indicates an ordinarybook, the cover B of which overlaps the edges of the leaves of the book;

The device for securing the extra leaves in the book comprises a pair ofbuttons 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed February 27, 1919. Serial No. 279,500.

' Patented Man-9, 1920.

and 2 and a cord 3 which is connected to these buttons.

Each of the buttons 1 and 2 comprise a pair of members 4 and 5 which maybe made of any suitable material and have their outer surfaces roundedand colored in any suitable manner to conform with the color ofthe back0 of the cover B of the book. The section 4. of the button is providedwith a centrally disposed threaded recess 6 which receives therein thethreaded portion of the shank 7 of an inserting member, the head 8 ofwhich is adapted to be forced into a recess 9 formed centrally withinthe inner surface of the section 5 of the button. The shank 7 extendsthrough an opening 10 formed in the'back G of the cover B of the bookand thus connects the section 4 of the button or snap to the back C,preventing accidental disconnection besnapped into the recess 9 toconnect the section 5 thereto.

The section 5 of the button is provided with an opening 11 extending.therethrough which opens into an enlarged recess 12 in the inner face ofthe section 5. The recess 12 receivesone knotted end of the cord 8. Thiscord 3 may be made of a silken cord, elastic or any desired material,without departing from the spirit of this'invention. The length of thecord may be cut to fit any desired book, and its ends being knotted inthe recesses of the section 5 of the buttons 1 and 2, it may bestretched through the book A to bind the loose or auxiliary leavesindicated at 14 in the book A, in such manner as to permit the leaves tobe turned as leaves of the book.

tachably fixing loose or auxiliary leaves in.

any type of book. 7

In fixing the loose leaf 14 in place, it is folded or creased,intermediate its ends, so

thatthe fold or crease therein will fit in the crease of the book A whenopened and after the leaf 14 has been placed at the desired.

position within the book A, the, cord C is passed thereover in thecrease or fold therein. Prior to the passage of the cord over theauxiliary leaf 14 one of the sections 5 of the buttons 1 or 2 haspreviously been attached to the head 8 of the said button and thereforethe cord is connected to the book cover and upon passage of the cordover the auxiliary leaves 14, the section 5' of the other button isconnectedto the section 4: thereof through the medium of the head 8,securely binding the loose or auxiliary leaves 14. in place, in suchmanner as to permit the reading of notes upon each side of each page ofthe loose leaves and also the reading of the printed matter from thefacing sides of the adjacent pages of the book.

Changes in detailsmay be made Without departing from the spirit of thisinvention, but; a

I claim:

1. A device for securing auxiliary leaves 2. In a device for securingauxiliary leaves 7 in books, the combination with a book cover having anopening in each end thereof, of a pair of buttons each including a bookcarried section, a shank extending throughthe opening in said book coverand connected to said book carried section for attaching the bookcarried section to the book cover, a

head upon said shank, and a detachable but-.

ton section adapted for connection with said head,qand a cord connectedto said detachable button sections.

FRANK L. WHEELER.

